INDEX Page Page General Description 5 1 Manual Bleeding 5 3 Maintenance and Adjustments 5 2 Service Operations 5 4 Hydraulic Brake Fluid 5 2 Main Cylinder 5 4 Bleeding Hydraulic System 5 3 Brake Pipe Distribution and Switch Assembly 5 5 Pressure Bleeding 5 3 Special Tools 5 7 All 1968 Corvairs are equipped with a new split brake body casting The front reservoir and outlet are con system as a safety feature The system is designed with nected to the rear wheel brakes and the rear reservoir separate hydraulic systems for the front and rear brakes and outlet are connected to the front wheel brakes Two using a dual main cylinder Fig 1 If a wheel cylinder pistons within the main cylinder receive mechanical or brake line should fail at either the front or rear brake pressure from the brake pedal push rod and transmit it system of the vehicle the operator can still bring the through the brake lines as hydraulic pressure to the vehicle to a controlled stop The main cylinder has two wheel cylinders The filler cap is accessible from inside entirely separate reservoirs and outlets in a common the trunk 4 i He YI fb F1 I H unuu D il i111J I Fig l SpIit Broke System I in Cylinder CORVAIR SHOP MANUAL SUPPLEMENT